Jeremy McConnell attempted to intimidate Stephanie Davis inside the court building yesterday just hours before he was convicted of assaulting her while she was holding their baby in her arms.

The abusive Irish model, who threw Steph around "like a rag-doll" during the nightmare assault in the early hours of March 10, came face-to-face with his ex while the court was taking a break from proceedings.

An eyewitness told Mirror Online how Jeremy cornered the mother of his child inside the court building and tried to scare her.

"As she walked out of the court he veered towards her and made a screaming noise like 'rarrrr' to shock and scare her," said the onlooker.

The court heard a day of evident from Jeremy, Stephanie, Steph's mum and police (Image: PA)

"It was witnessed by the whole team there and because he's six foot plus it did scare her."

It came after an emotional Stephanie told the court about her 18 months of hell at the hands of Jeremy, who laughed at her from the dock as she sobbed over his treatment of her.

Having to stop during her testimony to calm down and sip from a glass of water, Steph revealed how Jeremy had threatened to disfigure her with acid as part of a horrific threat to stop her leaving him.

When asked why she had retracted her initial police statement after the assault, Stephanie recalled how McConnell had given her the vile warning.

Yesterday's court case laid bare the true depths of McConnell's behaviour towards Steph and painted a picture of a relationship rocked by his paranoia and drug abuse.

Among the bizarre claims which came up in court was McConnell's fervent belief that Stephanie had been having a lesbian affair with her pregnant friend - and that a moved vibrator was 'proof' that she'd been using it with the mate.

During the night of March 9 and into the early hours of the next day, McConnell accused her of sleeping with a firefighter who lived on her street and repeatedly threw her down onto her bed when she tried to leave.

He even assaulted her while she was holding their son Caben-Albi, at that point just eight weeks old, in her arms - and Stephanie was petrified that he was going to seriously injure the vulnerable infant.

Stephanie posted a picture of her bruised legs days after the assault (Image: Stephanie Davis/Snapchat)